Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Indiana
Grocery and convenience stores in the Muncie, IN metro area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Muncie, IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #131 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 51
- 24 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $253.4M
- On groceries · $5,479 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 47% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.0
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 113,106
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 51 grocery and convenience stores in the Muncie metro area. Of those, 24 are chain locations, or 47%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 11.0 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in the Muncie metro area comes to about $253.4M a year: $5,479 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 47% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 25 businesses with payroll in the Muncie metro area classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,850 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Muncie metro area grew 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Muncie metro area is 59 (upper middle), #131 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Muncie metro area compares
The same measures for Indiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery and convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Muncie metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.0 | 14.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $4.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,850 | 2,162 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,479 | $5,959 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $58,127 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25
- Employees, 2023
- 377
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5124 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 75The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Muncie metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Muncie metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 113,106+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 46,256
- Median age
- 38.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 286
- Median household income
- $58,127+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,454
- Median home value
- $139,400
- Jobs located here
- 44,237
- Daytime population
- 112,299Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Muncie metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 85 | 1,015 | 12.0 | $5.2M | +5.4% | #8 of 387 |
| 2Fort Wayne, IN | 76 | 256 | 14.1 | $4.2M | +3.9% | #27 of 387 |
| 3Columbus, IN | 72 | 54 | 16.2 | $3.8M | +4.3% | #50 of 387 |
| 4Evansville, IN | 69 | 163 | 14.3 | $4.1M | +1.6% | #62 of 387 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 67 | 1,323 | 14.6 | $4.3M | +2.7% | #72 of 387 |
| 5Bloomington, IN | 66 | 86 | 12.7 | $4.6M | +2.0% | #81 of 387 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 65 | 891 | 16.0 | $3.8M | +2.9% | #93 of 387 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 62 | 5,121 | 14.1 | $4.6M | 0.0% | #111 of 387 |
| 6Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 60 | 64 | 14.7 | $4M | −0.9% | #125 of 387 |
| 7Muncie, IN | 59 | 51 | 11.0 | $5M | +1.2% | #131 of 387 |
Other business types in the Muncie metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores59
- Grocery stores64
- Convenience stores39
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Muncie, IN metro area?
There are 51 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Muncie metro area as of September 2026. 24 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Muncie, IN metro area spend on groceries?
About $253.4M a year, or $5,479 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,256 households in the Muncie metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Muncie, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Muncie metro area has 11.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $5M, 47% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Muncie metro area would have about 75, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,850 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Muncie, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Muncie metro area at 113,106 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,256 households. Median household income in the Muncie metro area is $58,127, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.6%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Muncie metro area scores 59 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #131 of 387 scored metro areas.
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